[Peace-discuss] Chomsky interview / yesterday's pro-Gaza demo on the Quad

[C. G. Estabrook]

(Eight in 2100+ words: he's no competition for Caroline Kennedy.)

And since you were at the demo, we didn't even discuss it on "AWARE on the Air,"
unfortunately.

Large demonstrations that don't depend on AWARE members would seem to me to be a
consummation devoutly to be wished.  We should be talking with the people who
were there, to see what we can do to help make the next one bigger. --CGE


Karen Medina wrote:
> Wow, Chomsky said a lot of "you know"s during this interview.
> 
> And, of course, Chomsky is right -- if Obama was sincere about opening the 
> borders it would be a great step. Telling Israel that it should defend itself
>  without using violence would also be in line. And acknowledging the acts
> that Israel did first -- including kidnappings of civilians and breaches of
> the ceasefire agreement.
> 
> BTW, yesterday's pro-Gaza demonstration on the Quad was well-attended.
> 
> I have three (3) regrets about the demonstration: 1) The in-your-face yelling
>  that was encouraged and done by a few members of the very large pro-Gaza 
> group toward the very small group of pro-Israel supporters there. I 
> understand the desire, but peace demonstrations are most effective when the 
> desire for this sort of thing is restrained. 2) That more AWARE members were 
> not there. 3) That I still do not have a black and white keffiyeh scarf to 
> wear.
> 
> -karen medina
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:11 AM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>> Noam Chomsky: Obama's Stance on Gaza Crisis "Approximately the Bush 
>> Position" Democracy Now! January 23, 2009 ...